Manulife Senior Executive Vice President and General Manager, Canadian Division Marianne Harrison to participate at the CIBC 13th Annual Eastern Institutional Investor Conference

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TORONTO, Sept. 16, 2014 /CNW/ - Marianne Harrison, Senior Executive Vice President and General Manager, Canadian Division, Manulife, is scheduled to participate in a Question & Answer discussion at the CIBC 13^th Annual Eastern Institutional Investor Conference in Montreal on Thursday, September 18, 2014 beginning at 10 a.m. ET.

Interested parties may access the live audio webcast through manulife.com/presentations. An archived version of the replay audio will be available the day after the live event at the same location for four months.

About Manulife

Manulife is a leading Canada-based financial services group with principal operations in Asia, Canada and the United States. Clients look to Manulife for strong, reliable, trustworthy and forward-thinking solutions for their most significant financial decisions. Our international network of employees, agents and distribution partners offers financial protection and wealth management products and services to millions of clients. We also provide asset management services to institutional customers. Funds under management by Manulife and its subsidiaries were approximately C$637 billion (US$597 billion) as at June 30, 2014. We operate as John Hancock in the U.S. and as Manulife in other parts of the world.

Manulife Financial Corporation trades as 'MFC' on the TSX, NYSE and PSE, and under '945' on the SEHK. Manulife can be found on the Internet at manulife.com.

SOURCE: Manulife Financial Corporation

Media Contact: Sean B. Pasternak, Manulife, 416-852-2745, [email protected]; Investor Relations: Robert Veloso, Manulife, 416-852-8982, [email protected]